MATEWAN MASSACRE

The following books and articles relating to the Matewan
Massacre can be found at the Archives and History Library.

BOOKS/PERIODICALS

Cole, Merle T. "Martial Law in West Virginia and Major Davis as
'Emperor of Tug River'." West Virginia History 43, no. 2
(Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, Winter
1982): 118-144.

Hadsell, Richard M. and William E. Coffey. "From Law and Order
to Class Warfare: Baldwin-Felts Detectives in the Southern West
Virginia Coal Fields." West Virginia History 40, no. 3
(Charleston, WV: Archives and History, Culture and History, Spring
1979): 268-86.

Lee, Howard Burton. Bloodletting in Appalachia: The Story of
West Virginia's Four Mine Wars and Other Thrilling Incidents of its
Coal Fields, Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia
University, 1969.
331.89 L51.

Murray, Philip. The Case of the West Virginia Coal Mine
Workers: Opening Statement of Philip Murray before the Committee on
Education and Labor of the U. S. Senate, October, 1921,
Washington DC, United Mine Workers of America, 1921.
331.8928 M983.

Operators Association of the Williamson Field. Statement Made
by the Operators' Association of the Williamson Field: Before the
Sub-Committee of the Committee on Education and Labor of the United
States Senate: Appointed to Investigate Conditions in the Coal
Fields of West Virginia, Washington DC: The Association,
1921.
331.8928 O61.

______________________________________. Statement of Harry
Olmsted, Chairman of the Labor Committee of the Operators'
Association of Williamson Field to the Senate Investigating
Committee, Washington DC: The Association, July 14, 1921.
331.8928 051.

U. S. Senate Investigating Committee. Facts About the Armed
March from William M. Wiley's Testimony as Taken From Volumes One
and Two of the Official Records of the Hearings before the
Committee on Education and Labor, Senate Resolution No. 80.
Reprinted by the Kanawha Coal Operators' Association, 1921.
331.8928 W676.

Even the Heavens Weep: The West Virginia Mine Wars
[videorecordings], Lou Buttino, writer. Institute, West Virginia:
The Humanities Council of West Virginia, WPBY. [video can be viewed
in-house] or purchase a copy from Educational Broadcasting
Authority.

Matewan [videorecording] Written and Directed by John
Sayles; Produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi; Edited by Sonya
Polonsky; Music by Mason Daring; Starring Chris Cooper, James Earl
Jones and Mary McDonnell, Irvine, California, Evergreen
Entertainment, 1996, c1987.[video can be viewed in house]